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TOOLBOX

GenderTime Toolbox is one of the results of the GenderTime project. It provides a Set of tools developed within the GenderTime project for implementing and monitoring future Gender Equality Action Plans in institutions interested in similar approaches, as well as good practices that give examples of implementation achievements and implementation activities that GenderTime partners have carried out at their institutions in the scope of the project.

"Coordination and support action funded by the European Commission in the 7th Framework Programme: "Science in Society"

Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture

The Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ) was established in 1988 and is the Graz unit of the Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (IFF) of the University of Klagenfurt. Working within the critical areas of debate between science and policy, reflection and intervention, the prime objective is to contribute to socially, sustainable and gender-equitable technology design. In the IFZ research unit „Women – Technology – Environment“ main emphasis is put on questions of gender equality in engineering education/technology organisations. Beside various national research projects this research unit was member of several EC funded projects like "WomEng - Creating Cultures of Success for Women Engineers" (FP 5), "PROMETEA - Empowering Women Engineers Careers in Industrial and Academic Research" (FP 6), “Advance – Advanced Training for Women in Scientific Research” (FP 6), MOTIVATION - „Promoting positive images of SET in young people“ (FP7) and most recently HELENA Higher Education Leading to ENgineering And scientific careers (FP7).

The head of the institute Jürgen Suschek-Bergerand Sandra Karner as ombudsperson are transfer agents for IFZ.

Dr. Anita Thaler is researcher at IFZ, heads the research area “Women – Technology – Environment” and the working group “Queer STS”. She is a certified work psychologist, has many years of experience as a consultant and seminar trainer and is a lecturer at the Universities of Graz and Klagenfurt. She has studied Psychology, Education Science and Women’s and Gender Studies. 2007 she received the “Gabriele Possanner"-award from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research. Her research focuses on comparative studies of gender aspects in technical universities and organisations and technology learning. Currently she manages a research project which analyses careers of women scientists and engineers in industrial research.

Thomas Berger received his degree in Sociology at the University of Graz and is currently working on his PhD on science and technology studies at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt/Wien/Graz. Since 2010 he is a research assistant in the research units Ecological Product Policy and Women-Technology-Environment at the IFZ.

Magdalena Wicher studied psychology at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz and is researcher at the IFZ in the research unit Women – Technology – Environment. Since 2008 she is working in different projects at the IFZ, on one hand on gender aspects in science and technology education as well as gender and technology in the media (MOTIVATION – „Promoting positive images of SET in young people“, Evaluation of GISAlab – Laboratory for Art and Science), on the other hand on sustainable office buildings and user satisfaction (Build to Satisfy).